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[honeybun]

Now I know lots of you ladies love your cat's so I am asking your advise.

How do I stop them pooing in my garden.....in a nice way.
Is there anything I can do/ buy that will discourage them.

My dog has had two upset stomach episodes after cats have been in the garden doing huge duties. Both times it has cost me forty quid and to say I am less than pleased is an understatement. She has had vet treatment both times. I have three regular visitors. Dealing with them in the day is fine. The dog chases them. At night is a different matter. Now before I let the dog out in the morning I am out with a pooper scooper bag clearing up. I doubt my neighbours to whom the cats belong would be quite so understanding if my dog was using their garden as a toilet.

What can I do....at my wits end with this. I have not said anything to the cat owners but would like to try and solve this problem.

Any ideas ladies.....I am sure there is an answer to this that does not involve land mines. 

Honeyb
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[Limpy]

Do the cat owners know about their pets habits, in your garden?

[Claireylou]

Hi honeybun,

I've had this problem too. There is a spray that you can buy from pets at home (meno brain won't let me remember the name). It solved the problem for me.

My mil rubbed fresh lemon juice all around the top of her fencing (the local vet advised this) and believe it or not it really worked. Apparently cats find the smell of citrus totally repulsive. She does it once a month or so and hasn't had kitty poop since.

Hope this helps. I know how frustrating it can be.

Claire x

[honeybun]

Oh I could try the lemon juice and lemon bits....Good idea thanks.

The owners don't know. I really have not got a clue how they would take it is I mentioned it. I really don't want to cause any problems but I do know who the culprits are and who they belong to. My daughter saw one of them last night. She was leaning out her loft window.....Don't ask.    and saw,one of them leaving its calling card. I would not mind so much if the dog did not go sniffing
and licking and then gets really ill. She was as the vets on Saturday.....two injections later I am 40 pounds worse off.

I need to keep them out.

I really object to the fact that dog owners are fined and cats get to roam.

My hubby is less understanding and is muttering about all sorts which I would rather avoid if I can.


Honeyb
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[Claireylou]

My hubby was ready to "have a quiet word" with our neighbours too but like you I didn't want to cause any friction.

The vet told my mil that anything citrusy would put them off. Citronella candles are pretty good too.

Fingers crossed for you x

[honeybun]

I get on well with my neighbours and don't quite know how to raise the subject. Even if I did what could they do.

Not being a cat owner my understanding is unless they are kept in they just wander and go where they want unlike dogs who go in their own gardens.

Bit unfair to be honest.

Honeyb
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Off to chop up all lemon and put it out.

[Taz2]

I'm a cat owner but, thankfully, so are most of my neighbours so this problem hasn't arisen as we are all in the same boat so to speak. However, I really don't think there is much you can do about it apart from the citrus idea. I know friends keep all their orange peel and scatter that around the garden. My cats hate the smell of oranges - wont even come into the room if I am eating one.

Good luck with it Honeybun.

Taz x

[honeybun]

I was actually thinking you would have the answers for me Taz.


Thought you were the cat lady. Now I think there is no easy answer to this one.
Off to tell my hubby he must not use the machine gun.

If one of you cat owners were approached by a neighbour about this problem what would you do to help?

Honeyb
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[bramble]

If your neighbours let the cats out at night then you are on a hiding to nothing. I have the same problem with strange cats except I have cats who don't get out! And one of my neighbours cats does it on the lawn!!!! Grrr! I did try sonic cat repellors and they kinda worked but expensive.
Sorry!
Bramble

[Cazikins]

HB, we have the same problem. Our dog goes out in the morning, sniffs it out & eats it. It makes me want to be sick.

Hubby has threatened to get a catapult but I have refused him permission.

We will give the citrus suggestion a try.

Cazi xx

[Taz2]

I am The Cat Lady    but I don't believe there is an answer to this problem save putting a ten foot fence around your garden. Although it is unfair it is not illegal to let your cat roam and so they do visit other gardens. I'm sorry not to be of more help. How many cats are visiting? My son is having the same problem with a cat in his garden too. I will try to find out if there is any deterrent that actually works apart from the orange peel.

My cat has just gone out......

As for dogs eating the cat poo - do they eat other poo too? A friends red setter was dreadful at doing this - other dogs poo, cat poo, cow poo, sheep poo, hedgehog poo - you name it he ate it.

Taz x

[Cazikins]

Apparently dogs eat other dogs poo to supplement a lacking of something in their own diet (sorry that sounds a bit vague).
I'm sure I've heard that from Cesar Milan or Victoria Stillwell 

[Taz2]

I hate the way they eat the poo and then come and pant in your face....

There's a bit here about dogs eating poo (or poop) and why they might do it http://dogtrainer.quickanddirtytips.com/why-do-dogs-eat-poop.aspx

Taz x

[honeybun]

It's the eating of the poo that has made her so ill. £80 worth of ill, not to mention the stains on my carpet. It's the only poo she will go for.

I have one neighbour at the back who has two cats and one at the side that has another. H
I have put bamboo canes out tonight stuck in the ground where the normally go and in between the canes there is now a chopped up lemon.

Hubby is muttering about an air gun and barbed wire....all just talk of course but it is very annoying.

What makes this acceptable to cat owners. If my dog wandered off and had a poo in a neighbours garden I would be really embarrassed.

Honeyb
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[Cazikins]

I hate the way they eat the poo and then come and pant in your face....
Taz x

My dog has bad breath to start off with Taz. 

 We give her charcoal granules but it doesn't make much difference, the vet has checked her out & can't find anything wrong